Food & drink

Chef Rob McDaniel reimagines the Southern summer classic

The team at Chattanooga Whiskey’s crisp aquavit adds a malted twist to the classic

Tales of the treasured South American-born, Southern-bred vegetable (yes, vegetable)

Scream-worthy treats from some of the best shops, restaurants, and ice cream purveyors across the South

Elizabeth M. Williams’s new book invites readers to pull up a chair at her grandmother’s Creole Italian kitchen table

With Scotch and brown sugar, “the record goes to a customer who ate three in one sitting.”

Mexican flavors meets Carolina ingredients in this dish from chef Katsuji Tanabe

A Mississippi chef’s secrets to crawfish leftovers, plus a recipe for snapper with crawfish curry

“All of it is in my brain, my heart, and my hands,” says the matriarch of Edisto Island, who generously shares her family recipes

Plus, two seafood sauce recipes

Crisp, nutty, buttery sweets tie back to centuries of Southern and African history

This spring, an old South Carolina beachside haunt finds new life

The agave spirit brings the smoke to this seductive queso fundido borracho

Tarciani Harger melds a background in fashion design with her Brazilian roots to conjure unbelievable desserts in Greenville, South Carolina

Soaking up life from a barstool at an Oxford, Mississippi, holdout

Zacchaeus Golden brings energy and pride to Southern Soigné in Jackson, Mississippi

Batter up! A gin-spiked brine and tiny bubbles in the batter deliver home-run fried chicken

Think of a puff pastry tart as a pie’s low-maintenance—though equally delightful—cousin. It’s got beauty and butter (lots of it), and you can fill it with whatever you have in your fridge. Here’s everything you need to get rolling

How a trip back home to South Georgia—and a foraging adventure in Wales—sparked a culinary spin through the kitchen with sheep sorrel

Patty O’s Cafe & Bakery in Little Washington, Virginia, revives a beloved classic